Mechanical behavior of bentonite-sand mixtures as buffer materials

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-374

  Mltachi, Toshiyuki ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Buffer material; Consolidated undrained triaxial test; Infiltration test; Oedometer test; Swelling behavior (IGC: D3 D5 D6)

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION MOLDING; COMPRESSION TESTING; MIXTURES; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; SWELLING; YIELD STRESS;

BUFFER MATERIALS; CONSOLIDATED-UNDRAINED TRIAXIAL TEST; INFILTRATION TESTS; OEDOMETER TESTS; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

BENTONITE;

EID: 70849097485     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.48.363     Document Type: Article

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